Nicki Minaj’s Grammy Awards performance last night was one big coming out party for her alter ego Roman, but it left those who were unfamiliar with the character confused about what exactly was happening on stage after she performed an exorcism.

Earlier today, Nicki chatted with Ryan Seacrest and explained the concept behind her Grammy performance as well as her decision to walk the red carpet with a Pope. She also spoke on what it was like to work with an icon like Madonna for the Superbowl as well as her initial disappointment in M.I.A for flipping the bird during the half-time show.

On why she walked with the religious figure on the red carpet
He is major part of the story and the movie that I’m writing about one of my alter egos. His name is Roman. Basically the religious figure is there because he was called on by Roman’s mom to rehabilitate him.

On her Grammy “Red Riding Hood” outfit
I wasn’t going to do the red carpet. I was backstage preparing to have my performance outfit and not do a carpet and go and sit down. My people wanted me to do it. I had this amazing robe made for me by Versace sent from Milan. I said, “Oh, my God I have to wear this. They were so generous. They sent me so much stuff and I was originally going to wear it during the performance, but when I got it, it was a little heavy for the performance. I said, “Hey, it’s only one way to do it and that’s the red carpet.”

On The decision to perform “Roman Holiday”
First of all, The Grammys chose ‘Roman Holiday.’ The producers of the Grammys came into the studio, and they heard ‘Roman Holiday’ and I could not play them another record after they heard that. They went crazy. I could have chosen to do a no-brainer pop song, but I can’t do it anymore. I have to stay true to what I’m doing. Seeing how comfortable I was last night, I was like, “Oh, my God”, this was the best choice because my fan base, the Roman Empire and the Barbz they understand every single thing that I’m doing because Roman was created two years ago. Roman isn’t something new just coming out. I’ve been writing the story for a very long time and yesterday was his coming out party.

Laurianne [Gibson] is such a good friend of mine and she did an amazing job bringing my vision to life. It was very literal if you know who Roman is and what he’s all about but if you don’t know the Roman character then you have to kind of digest it.

On the concept of the performance
I had this vision for him to be sort of exorcised—or actually he never gets exorcised—but people around him tell him he’s not good enough because he’s not normal, he’s not blending in with the average Joe. And so his mother is scared and the people around him are afraid because they’ve never seen anything like him. He wanted to show that not only is he amazing and he’s sure of himself and confident, but he’s never gonna change, he’s never gonna be exorcised. Even when they throw the holy water on him, he still rises above.”

On Working with Madonna for the Super Bowl
Meeting Madonna changed my life. Working with Madonna changed my life. Rehearsing with Madonna for two weeks changed my life. You look at these amazing women you have to realize that a lot of work goes into this. I for the first time refused to do anything. I didn’t go to any parties. I didn’t do anything. This performance was it. This is the first performance that I’m proud of in my entire career because I saw Madonna’s outcome when she sacrificed, and how she rehearses and rehearses. Everyone there was like, “Oh, my God we got it” and she was like,” No, I want you to know this choreography in your sleep.” You know what? We did know it in out sleep by the time we got on the Super Bowl stage.

When I saw that, it inspired me so much… the same way [Lil] Wayne started really becoming a beast as a rapper. The Madonna situation inspired me to give it my all in terms of rehearsal and in terms of bringing my vision to life. In terms of you know what, “Hey, I’ll pay for this performance myself because it means that much to me.”

On M.I.A. flipping the bird during the half time show
My first feeling was disappointment only because of my respect for Madonna. Even though I’m a coco lady too but I would never be able to do it off of the strength of Madonna. There are fines that goes into these things so I just thought “Oh, my God I hope they don’t penalize Madonna.” In hindsight, Madonna knows what kind of artist M.I.A is and it was her decision to take that risk with all of us. She [Madonna] has done some crazy things to become the icon that she is, and I think that’s why she was able to forgive M.I.A…. Me personally, I couldn’t see myself doing that. Just out of respect for Madonna, because I just wouldn’t want any backlash coming back on Madonna.

Meanwhile, Nicki Minaj had some words on twitter for folks that weren’t happy with her Grammy Awards performance (some went as far as calling her a devil worshipper). She tweeted:

shes in NO position to mock religion…Like who does that? GAGA shouldnt have even done it. Which might be why her sales are SUCKING. The red carpet was insulting..the performance was embarrassing…like really..theres no explanation needed for it..What can you honestly say to defend ANY of it?

Nicki YOU ARE A F O O L!! AND NOTHING CAN CHANGE THAT!!!
You know, we christians are wayyyy too tolerant of people like you. This could never happen!! A mockery of Islam?
No friggin way!! I have never liked you and never will!! And I’ll make sure everyone i know hates you same way i hate you by the time I’m done. You can’t shyt your way out of this fuggery! B i t c h this is the last time I’m ever gonna click on anything tha’s got to do with you A S S H O L E!!!!

I’m confused by her statement, “I could have chosen to do a no-brainer pop song, but I can’t do it anymore.” <– So does that mean SHE even thinks her music requires no brains? I don’t get it.

And I’ll have to pass on that movie. Hasn’t that been in the theatre numerous times already? #TryAgain

+240 I'm Not A Player....I Just Crush A lot Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 8:58 pm

I know Lil Kim was somewhere in America laughing her ass off

+16 JusSayin Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 4:17 pm

Yeah she proved Lil Kim is better i mean. Really, this creativity is going to send her right back to that bunk in the tour bus–back2square1. The talent these days is really at an all time low. Where is R&B? all the R&B songs on the grammys sounded like Techno? The Rock songs sounded like R&B. Rihanna sounded like she was out of breath. Terrible!

Did she just lowkey throw M.I.A. under the bus? Anyway, I’m pretty sure that everyone will have Nicki in their good graces again before the week is over.

+15 She's Losing Herself Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 9:21 pm

Right! She talking about she’ll never disrespect Madonna but she’ll disrespect religion & her fans??? That makes no sense. She’s making money off of her fame & her fans that still support her. Needless to say her fans that still support her will skip out on paying a bill to buy a CD or go to her concert andnow they left in the dark or homeless while this dumb hoe is rich & living the good life off your money….Some people need to wake up!

-15 :l Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 9:50 pm

they ask her a question like everyone else,alot of you
said negative stuff about mia,so are you all in the
positions to do so,anyways she wasn’t shading mia,
she didn’t even wanted to say anything so she just
change the subject,and alot of so called Christian
on here is really going in on nicki,say some stuff that
were i am from Christian don’t use those words,i guess
they do things different were they are from.

+24 SofterSideOfSears Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 11:45 am

She can be atrocious & cheap all she wants. I’m done trying 2 give her a chance or trying to make sense of her stupidity. She has no mind of her own & now she is raping Lady Gaga whole get-up. First she wanted Gaga’s management. Gaga said hell naw. Then she picks up Gaga’s leftover choreographer LaurieAnn (Annoying as hell) Gibson. Another FAIL. Then she hires Gaga’s producer for her new song “Starship” which will do well for the dance crowd but far from “Superbass”. The only ingredient she’s missing is ACTUAL QUALITY TALENT! Nicki need 2 stay off Twitter & find herself. Ol’rude ghetto @$$… Be Original 4 just ONCE in’ya d@mn life! Lawd she’s making me sick!

+8 6893 Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 3:03 pm

I find it funny on her comment about M.I.A when she went at Kim and she has no care about the people who do buy her music with that comment about her not giving an F.

+37 ITISWUTITIS Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 12:34 am

Sooooooooo even when throwing Holy water on him he still rises above.
Yea the gimmicks are making a total coon clown of YOU.

REALLY MADONNA HAS A LOT OF NERVE DISSING MIA WHEN THERE ARE NUMEROUS PICS OF MADONNA GIVING PEOPLE THE MIDDLE FINGER! OH AND HER TONGUE KISSING BRITTANY SPEARS WAS JUST AS BAD. HOW IN THE HELL IS MADONNA GONNA BE ON A HIGH HORSE OF ALL PEOPLE. WHAT A TWO FACED IDIOT SHE IS!

-1 TheAceyist Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 4:00 pm

Wow… Good thing you’re making your point in a Christian like tone…

+48 Silly isshhhh Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 7:41 pm

Ma’am i am not saying i liked what Nicki did but i am questioning your christianity. You are sooooo upset at Nicki and you such a perfect Christian but i i clearly see you cussing her out callin her a bitch and asshole and aw types of other shit. So before you go questioning the ways that other people about what they are doing you should probably look at the “unchristian” things you are doin. Just saying.

+27 PROUDLY GHANAIAN Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 7:51 pm

Haa. Yes maám i called nicki a b i t c h, cause that’s what she is, a female dog! Because I’m a christian im supposed to shut up while an ignorant bobblehead maakes a complete mockery of MY god and MY religion? No I will not!! So I’ll say it again, Nicki, You are nothing but a female dog!!!

+32 Honesty Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 9:20 pm

If men can be “dogs” I don’t see NOTHING wrong with calling a woman a bitch if she doesn’t respect herself *shrugs*

-12 Gracious Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 11:01 pm

Oh my…Calm down! It isn’t and wasn’t even that serious.

+5 ima realist Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 10:02 am

I COMPLETELY AGREE WIT YOU! NIKKI MAKES ME SICK, I CANT EVEN BRING MYSELF 2 WATCH DA PERFORMANCE! BUT IM REAL…I LOVE GOD DEARLY BUT I DONT GO 2 CHURCH….HOWEVER, I GOTA SAY DIS CUS CLEARLY SOME PPL AINT BLESSED WITH COMMON SENSE! NO1 IS PERFECT…EVEN CHRISTIANS! Jus because u a Christain doesnt mean you dont get mad & wanna cuss sumbody out…doesnt mean you dont feel exactly the same emotions or wateva as a non-Christain…thats why you pray…ask God to help you deal with those difficult situations in a better way & hope he can 4give you for the unGodly things you do or say…
THERE IS NOTHIN ANYBODY COULD SAY 2 MAKE ME THINK NIKKI IS NOT WORKING 4 DA DEVIL IN SOME FORM…IF YOU A NON-CHRISTAIN…YOU A NON-CHRISTAIN…THATS YOUR CHOICE…IM NOT HERE 2 JUDGE…HOWEVER…ITS 1 THING 2 BE A NON-CHRISTAIN…BUT ITS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BALL GAME WHEN YOUR PERPOSEFULLY MOCKING SOMEONE ELSES RELIGION & BELIEFS…JUS STR8 DISRESPECT…IT MAKES ME SOOOO SAD 2 THINK SO MANY YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE (ESPESH FEMALES) ARE ACTUALLY BUYING IN2 DA B/S…

+15 cariller Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 10:33 am

I didn’t care for the performance because I found the symbolism offensive. However, I am not going to curse or name call about it. I wanted to simply state that I was offended, end of story. James 3:9 prohibits me from praising God and cursing his creation at the same time… With that said, I just didn’t like it a a matter of personal taste and I fount it to be an afront to my belief system. If that’s what she was going for, nailed it.

+4 jaz Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 11:04 am

Umm..not to be funny bc I’m sure you’re very serious…but to the young lady who keeps saying she’s a Christian and Nicki mocked her religion…Christianity and Catholicism are different religious sects. The design of the performance itself had an overwhelming amount of Catholic imagery in it moreso than Christian….in fact, there were NO specific Christian references. Now this isn’t to make any feel better or less offended, just an unbiased fact check.

Personally I like Nicki and embrace her vision to do more with her career HOWEVER I do agree the performance itself could’ve been executed better. My blame for that is Laurieann Gibson as I believe this was her feeble attempt to lash out again at Gaga, but it failed at Nicki’s expense. For me, the originality lies in the fact that Black artists usually do not put religion on trial…hardly ever. The criticism I keep seeing from fans abt Nicki herself has increased the more she tries to break away from the female rapper mold. Ppl are not comfortable for her expansion, and its alien to them what she’s trying do. All I can say is don’t wish for the past mixtape Nicki bc I think she’s dead and gone…

+11 Rell Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 3:27 pm

@Jaz:

“Umm..not to be funny bc I’m sure you’re very serious…but to the young lady who keeps saying she’s a Christian and Nicki mocked her religion…Christianity and Catholicism are different religious sects. The design of the performance itself had an overwhelming amount of Catholic imagery in it moreso than Christian….in fact, there were NO specific Christian references. Now this isn’t to make any feel better or less offended, just an unbiased fact check”.
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Sorry but, Catholicism is a branch of Christianity. So, a reference to Catholics IS a reference to Christianity. There are three branches (arguably four) of Christianity. In order of existence, the three primary divisions of Christianity are Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism. Please reference a history book.

Independent Chica26 Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 5:38 pm

I think what @silly ishhhh is try to say is that active christians ought to know not to judge others because that is gods job. I understand being upset that she mocked religion in such a way, however the christian like thing to do is pray for her and the other ost souls and hope that hollywood stops doing any and everything for money. Trying to rationalize calling her a bitch by saying “she is a female dog” is pointless. We all know you were calling her a bitch for real and most of all no matter how you hide it God knows as well hone. Take care

-2 jaz Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 10:47 pm

@Rell –

I see your point…however, I don’t NEED to reference a history book. You pproved my point. Theres no mistaken Christianity and Catholicism are related but again, they are NOT the same. Catholicism itself is older than Christianity and Catholics do not consider themselves Christians. In fact, they do not believe in the New Testament or that Jesus is coming back. They still worship his mother and other S aints. Look at the two and how they are run…no…they are NOT the same. And even if I buy your argument abt them being branches of each other, as u state there are different sects. My mother and I were baptized Catholic but are Christians. It is considered different even within the religions themselves. And Catholics do NOT empathize with the “Christian” plight. The imagery Nicki used in her performance was specific to the Catholic faith.

But lie I said in my original post, this doesn’t mean I’m diminishing how anyone feels. If you’re offended, fine. Many ppl are, I get it. Im not, but that’s my personal preference.

I will say tho, Rell, it’s exceedingly rare that I can have an intelligent debate on religion on an entertainment blog. So while we will no doubt agree to disagree, thanks for that. Take Care. No disrespect needed.

+22 BiSoN_DuH Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 7:45 pm

So mad you started this off w/ “we christians” and then ended w/ every blasphemous word in the world… Its clear that the christians are too tolerant generally to allow someone to think they themselves are christian after so much hatred is flung around… geesh. #cantthrowstonesinaglasshouse

PROUDLY GHANAIAN Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 7:56 pm

True. And THAT is why they will keep making a mockery of a religion we hold holy and of a God we hold sacred: Because we are supposed to shut up since we are çhristians. You may choose to keep quiet when you encounter people like these, but I will not!! No, NOBODY will disrespect christians in my presence. It WILL not happen.I will call her evry vile word over and over and over again bucause she had the AUDACITY to disrespect my religion. I wont even bother defending myself anymore on here. I’ve said what Ive got to say…

-1 PROUDLY GHANAIAN Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 7:58 pm

True. And THAT is why they will keep making a mockery of a religion we hold holy and of a God we hold sacred: Because we are supposed to hush since we are çhristians. You may choose to keep quiet when you encounter people like these, but I will not!! No, NOBODY will disrespect christians in my presence. It WILL not happen.I will call her evry vile word over and over and over again bucause she had the AUDACITY to disrespect my religion. I wont even bother defending myself anymore on here. I’ve said what Ive got to say…

No…they will continue to mock because you profess to be a Christian and then go on a profanity laced tirade. Sadly, you don’t seem to understand what’s wrong with that scenario. Don’t speak for me, please. We obviously aren’t the same type of Christian.

+43 Keisha_Mei_Ash Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 8:13 pm

As a Christian let me just say that no one is perfect. @proudly dont speak for US and then go on to use curse words, and judge her. thats what WE don’t do. “stay out of the affairs of others”. If you want to voice your opinion, by all means do that, but don’t throw Christianity in the mix and then turn around and contradict what it is youre attempting to say.

Nicki did her thing! I loved it… hate it or not… she entertained! I love that song and can’t wait for that single to drop, i love it better then stupid hoe.

-29 :l Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 9:52 pm

Co-sign finally someone talking sense,in this bucket of
hate.

+12 ITISWUTITIS Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 1:39 am

No hate I’d like 2 know what’s Coon Clown Barbies
definition of an Exorcism? and do any of her
followers care to define the actual meaning as well?

Sweet Pea Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 10:36 pm

The “Barbz” are rooting for her ..lmfao

+83 R E A L L Y ? ? ? Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 7:54 pm

“If she was up there half naked and popping her cuka nobody would be saying sh-t….Basic hoes”
It’s more than one way to put on a great performance.
If you ignore the religious aspect of it, the other criticism is that the SONG was garbage. Idc if the producers picked it, it should have never been made in the first place or even played for them as an option because its GARBAGE. Of course her stans would get it b/c they wil co sign any flippin thing she does due to a blinded biasness.
I thought the retarded music was a way to get people’s attention and then she was going to turn around and put out some hard rap ish but I see that this type of “music” is what she wants to be recognized for. I see this now
Like I said before, Nicki wants to be retarded soooooo bad

-1 EJ Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 8:15 pm

well you are biased as well. because if i’m not mistaken, aren’t you the same one who never gives Nicki Minaj any credit? Not only that, but I believe that every fan of a celebrity is biased to his/her idol. For example, when Rihanna fucks up and does stupid shit, nobody in her “navy” wants to criticize her. Second, when Beyonce plagiarizes all the time, nobody in Bey Nation wants to say shit about her either. But when Nicki does something, everybody and they GRANDMAMMY wanna be all over her and talk about her fan base and shit. FUCK YALL. Have several seats bitches.

But isn’t she p-poppin’ in all of her videos too!?
She’s making my head hurt.

-22 Muahhh Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 9:58 pm

She popped her cooch in 1 of her videos (Super Bass). And I would hardly call it “poppin’ it”, it was cute. Now Big Sean’s ‘Ass ‘ video she twerked for us! lmao But I would expect that from a song called ‘Ass’.

+13 Chile Please Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 11:57 pm

What do you call what she was doing in STUPID HOE!?!?! Was that not popping…..I love when fools try and pull 1 video out they azz when someone comes for they fave neck…..She P-pops in most of all her vids, the only ones she dont is slow songs!!!!

I want her to remember one thing…when she came on stage or even before—–all they saw was a stupid negroid hoe mimicking the POPE….So whose going to be collateral damage..Not the label

+17 DUH!! Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 8:39 pm

what part Christian r u PROUDLY GHANAIAN? Cause I was never taught that in bible class. U r making a mokery of the God and the word Christian. God never cursed out anybody or called them hurtful names.. B real & classy and read ur bible.

+29 I'm Not A Player....I Just Crush A lot Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 8:56 pm

+8 I USED TO BE A QUESTION NOW I AM A PROBLEM Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 10:32 am

There is no way the religion of Islam could be mocked and there no be some type of uproar…I’m sorry there is no way I believe the Grammy’s picked that song of all songs for her to perform unless they were intentionally setting her up for career disaster

Roman Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 10:54 am

spoken like a true christian!
You ought to be ashamed of yourself claiming to be a christian and then speaking like this. You sound like the one posessed by the devil. SMH

AT THE END OF THE DAY…MOST WILL NOT GET IT BECAUSE SHE IS SO OVER EVERY ONE’S HEAD!!! IT WAS NOT ABOUT RELIGION. IT WAS ABOUT A EXORCISM…SHE IS DIFFERENT. SHE IS SETTING HERSELF APART FROM THESE OTHER FEMALES POP’N THEY COOCH!!! AND I LIKE IT!!! THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX THAT IS MY MOTTO!!! ALL YOU HOES LOOKING THE SAME, DRESSING THE SAME…EVERYTHING BE YOU AND DO WHAT YOU FEEL INSIDE OF YOUR HEART.

If you want to accept this insanity for the sake of liking an artist, then do it. But every hip hop artist is not sexually provacative. Stop making excuses for someone that is taking music to a dark side. Roman is a made up character. Who cares how an illusional character is birthed, exorcised, etc. Then she gives this character a mother! Nicki’s entire explanation about this dark character is DUMB, CRAZY, MAKES NO SENSE,! This is NOT music. You don’t need theatrics if you are talented! Your voice, expression of words and whatever musical talent you have to offer, SPEAKS FOR ITSELF!

+4 ima realist Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 10:10 am

THANK GOD…SOME ONE WITH A BRAIN OF THERE OWN…HANG ON IN THERE…WE BECOMING EXTINCT YO! HAHAHA

+24 ITISWUTITIS Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 12:43 am

She has basically copied EVERY outfit Lil Kim has every worn in her career
down to the horrible lace fronts and colored wigs and SHE thinks
outside the Box????? The song is Wack and can you define Exorcism?
The definition speaks for itself so now what was her point again?
She’s a coon clown.

+12 BITCH IN U Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 3:48 am

SHE WAS JUST POPPIN HER ASS IN THE BIG SEAN VIDEO AND HER
NEW VIDEO.

PEOPLE NEED TO STOP! SHE’S A COPY CAT …LADY GAGA FANS
ARE IN A RUCK HOW SHE COPIED HER PERFORMANCE/ STYLE AND WE
ALL KNOW SHE A CARBON OF LIL KIM

I’M JUST HAPPY EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE THAT SHE IS GARBAGE

THANKS FOR THE WACK PERFORMANCE NICKI

+4 shellyb Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 6:02 am

Nikki is just like the rest of them poppin coochie
and everything to sell a record. She is not different
she is down right crazy for the mess of a performance at the
Grammys and just in general. At the end of the day its all about
selling records and she is definately pulling out the stops for
people to by her new album

-2 jill Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 9:03 am

WOW… I can tell NIcki is a bad influence on you. How old are you? Saying hoe?

+6 Ms B Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 11:09 am

She is not doing anything new Madge,Lady GaGa,And shanaid O’Conner have used Religion to gain shock value….. I dont have a problem with the the performance other than the fact that it was wack…Period… And if you read what she stated she said there was no exorcism…Bottom line it would take a lot more than popping that thang to save the wack song… she was cracking, corny rapping…all that was missing was her shaking her big wide non moving fake ass like she did in that big sean video….I still cant believe you Barbs called that twerking to twerk you must make your ass bounce not just bouncing you body….lol She is a barbie and i am grown I put my toys away along time ago and she should go away to….

+8 I USED TO BE A QUESTION NOW I AM A PROBLEM Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 12:46 pm

Setting herself apart????? WTF…Was she not just on a song about shakin dat a$$???? Was she not just poppin her ass in that video??? Did she not do a cover licking a lollipop with her legs spread open??? Girl you need to take a seat quickly…shes not above anyones level of intelligence because half of what she was saying you could barely understand…Call a spade a spade her gimmicks have come to an end

+2 Native Princess Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 4:18 pm

this comment is ironic, because madonna and lady gaga have both done these same things, by doing this it was far from setting herself apart, it was exhuastingly unoriginal. It was not “out of the box”

Sexy Reply:February 16th, 2012 at 12:36 am

That’s fine to think outside of the box but don’t forget to entertain at
the same time. She forgot the main ingredient…entertain. The way it was put together you
would think someone was on drugs. And that initial movie clip looked so homemade
and cheesy.

-16 Love Jah Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 11:23 pm

Artist tell stories with their performances, what is the big deal about her using church figures? It ties into her story line…it does not ‘poke’ fun at or is making foolery over Catholicism, she was playing a part(Roman) and using a priest(and church assembly ) to portray her story line of Roman, her ulter ego…if you follow music theater, which Nicki went to high school for, you would appreciate her imagery. Ever movie or television show that uses priest as actors or vice versa, is not making a mockery of a certain religion…it is entertainment. I admit that I did not understand her performance nor did I like it, but I don’t know the song…I didn’t know what the hell she was talking about or acting out but I knew one thing, she was acting. Nicki Minaj is a character. She is solely for entertainment.

DID u seriously just say…”whats the big deal about
her using church figures”… I swear this generation is lost
or these artist have fooled you. Between artist making fun of the
church and actual people in the church
acting a fool, it has desensitized people to religion. I
will say that I would rather live as if there is a God
and die and find out there isnt one, than to live like there
is no God and to die and find out there is one. Praying for her…
and everyone that thought this performance was ok… and yes it
was creative, but why have the setting a church???

btw ..Didnt the exorcist movie take place in a home/bedroom??
It would have been better if it wasnt
at a church with praying boys getting
a lap dance…smh

+18 reecole Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 2:47 am

oh and i undertand not everyone believe in God/ has a religion
…but Its called respect…

-13 Mark Gunn Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 9:13 am

I, for one, saw nothing wrong with Nicki’s performance. It was just that… A PERFORMANCE ! People REALLY need to lighten up and quit with the hypocrisy ! Some of you so – called “Christians”
have done FAR WORSE and have the nerve to go all Tupac “Only God can judge me !”
Really ? Besides, Christianity has been making a mockery of other religions
for as long as it’s been around. It’s like Ghandi said. “I like your Christ,
but I do not like your Christians.”

+7 brownsugar Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 10:35 am

The. Performance. Was. Wack. Lol, stop making it about Christians and hypocrisy.

-9 Kain Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 10:35 am

I feel you on that Mark Gunn. I didn’t even watch the Grammy’s but just reading the comments up here leads me to believe that the majority of the statements arent even about Nikki. She did exactly what all artists set out to do and that is make a statement and have everyone talk about them. I mean come on how many times has an artist gone up to make an acceptance speech and the first person they thank is God, but the album or track itself is offensive, derogetory, or anything other than “God like”. It is what it is. you don’t like it, turn. Find something else to entertain you. I like Nikki Minaj. I dont think she is trying to ride anyone’s coat tails. She is who she is and they say the best form of flattery is mockery.

+4 Ms.mykimoto2U Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 11:45 am

You sound so dumb. Christianity has not been making a mockery of any other religions. Ya there is no such thing as a perfect Christian but when you turn on the tv you always see people, shows, cartoons making fun of Christians or Christians being criticized for their beliefs like we should never stand up for what we believe. Nicki knew exactly what she was doing with that performance. She needed a shock factor to make people talk about her again after she figured she was going to fade into non existence with tht stupid hoe song. Is this someone you would like for your daughter or little sister to look up to? If it is then i fear for the generations ahead.

Kain Reply:February 17th, 2012 at 9:41 am

MS.MYKIMOTO2U IM NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE NOTICED, BUT AS FAR AS ROLE MODELS IN THIS ERA ARE CONCERNED, THEY WENT TO HELL A LONG TIME AGO. I HAVE A GRANDMOTHER THAT IS A RECOVERING DRUG ADDICT/ALCOHOLIC AND AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED HER BEING CLEAN AND SOBER FOR 10 PLUS YEARS MAKES HER AMORE OF A ROLE MODEL TO ME THAN ANYONE IN THE WORLD. IF I HAD A DUGHTER OR A LITTLE SISTER, I WOULDN’T ENCOURAGE THEM TO IMMULATE ANYONE BUT THEMSELVES. NICKI ISN’T THE WORST PERSON FOR THEM TO IMMULATE THAT IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT. I FEEL YOU ON THE WHOLE NEGATIVITY FOR US WOMEN AND HOW WE SEE OURSELVES, BUT I MEAN HELL, I AM 29 AND WHEN I WAS GROWING UP SHIT WAS BAD, BUT THERE ISN’T EVEN A WORD FOR WHAT IT IS NOW, AND I AM ABSOLUTLEY TERRIFIED OF WHAT WILL COME.

+5 I USED TO BE A QUESTION NOW I AM A PROBLEM Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 10:26 am

Im sorry…Nicki must not have gotten the memo…her Barbz and Roman Empire fan base didn’t get it either nor did they like the performance…

“I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU, WE WERE ALL ROOTING FOR YOU!!!” – in my Tyra voice lol

Nicki please just go sit and face the wall in a dark corner somewhere and think about what you’ve done. Don’t even try to explain the foolishness & f*ckery that was your Grammy performance. I use to be a fan but somewhere down the down Nicki took a turn and lost my ass. I can’t with nicki, people even got sick of gaga’s crazy gimmicks and unlike nicki she had the talent to back it.

Nicki is such a house nigga! madonna blah blah…respect for madonna….blah blah madonna! Bitch if that was the best performance of your life and it was so life changing…you are wack beyond words! the whole story in your head needs to be dropped it’s not even a good plot! God this bitch is annoying!

wITH ALL THAT RESPECT SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE FOR MADONNA, I’M SURPRISED SHE DOESNT HAVE A LITTTLE FOR GOD JEHOVAH HER CREATOR! THE REASON FOR WHICH SHE’S LIVING. IF YOU DONT HAVE RESPECT FOR GOD, YOU ARE A POOR LOST, PATHETIC SOULLES CARCASS JUST WALKING THE EARTH. I DONT FEEL SORRY FOR HER AT ALL. LOOK AT HER, I MEAN JUST LOOK, SHE DOESNT EVEN LOOK HAPPY WITH HERSELF. I’M PRETTY SURE SHE LAYS IN BED EVERY NIHGT WONDERING WHAT SHES DOING IN THIS WORLD. SMH!!! PEOPLE, GOD IS NOT TO BE MOCKED! I KNOW WE’RE ALL SINNERS AND WE ALL DO SIN AND THAT WE ARE ALL TRYING TO BE RIGHTEOUS, BUT JUST AS GOD SENT DOWN FIRE TO BURN DOWN SODOM AND GOMORRAH IN THE BIBLICAL DAYS WHEN THEY MADE A MOCKERY OF HIM, SO SHALL YOUR PUNISHMENT ALSO COME DOWN. YES, MAYBE NOT NOW, BUT TRUST THAGT YOU WILL GET PUNISHED. IN EVERYTHING YOU DO KEEP YOUR RESPECT FOR JEHOVAH PARAMOUNT, HE is THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. ***end rant***

All that preparation to lip sync and make ugly faces for two seconds at the super bowl while madonna pats you on the head like an animal…GIRRl Please!

-37 EJ Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 8:11 pm

Why would she not have respect for Jehovah? You sound dumb…Don’t try to force religion on other people…because I could definitely find some weak points in your argument that would make God shake his head at you..

+28 MahoganyMars Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 11:41 pm

Whether Nicki believes in God or not, she still should have the common decency to respect any and all religions.

-6 JUSTIFIYA Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 3:23 am

What are you talking about @MahoganyMars Nicki herself has stated she beleive in Jesus, so tell me what do u mean about forcing religion on Nicki???!!! Please exlain

+5 TKO Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 8:48 pm

soo… its okay 4 this CLOWN to disrespect lil kim left and right bubut she has sooooo much respect 4 madonna???!!!!! & she did an exorcism after whitney’s death….???? u black girls FAIL FOR ALLOWING THIS CLOWN IN THE GAME!!!! we told yall 4 YEARS nicki was a clown and now all of a sudden she’s trash to yall?? this person “HAS BEEEN” FAKE FROM THE JUMP AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET ON.. BUT THIS IS WHAT THIS GENERATION RESPECTS…

ANYTHING TO GET IN THE GAME RIGHT!? remy’s box licker to brown nosing madonna ..

-13 SM Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 8:51 pm

Don’t bring Jehovah in this, We don’t judge people like that or at least we’re not suppose to.

+46 JENNY JONES!! Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 7:31 pm

WELL SHE AND MADONNA HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON—THEY BOTH HAD WACK TV PERFORMANCE. TWO DAMN CIRCUSES. MADONNA WACK, STIFF & BORING; NICKI WACK,RIDICULOUS & BORING! SMH!!! THEY DID NOT LIVE UP TO THE HYPE AT ALL……JENNY JONES!!!

F*ck a Lil Kim. She had her time, and now it’s over. Btw, Nicki has accomplished more than any other rap female soo…when it comes to career, Nicki has destroyed them. NO Shade. I’m just giving credit where it’s due.

+1 Dude above me is DUUUUMB Reply:February 15th, 2012 at 5:33 pm

Have you heard of a rapper called Eve, or Lauryn Hill, or Missy Elliot, this ho aint done nothing but prove that she has no talent. You take away all the make up and stupid outfits the seizure faces and the fake ass, and what you got? A dumb broad who obviously sucked ALOTTA dick to get to where she is. I guarantee if she was around back when the real female MCs were around, she would be SLAUGHTERED!!!

+1 JENNY JONES!! Reply:February 15th, 2012 at 6:33 pm

WELL IF YOU’RE GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE THAN GIVE IT TO LIL KIM FOR BREAKING GROUND FOR POTTY MOUTH FEMALE RAPPERS LIKE NICKI. LIL KIM PROBABLY HAD JUST AS MANY WHITE MEN SALIVATING OVER HER AS BLACK MEN. SHE WAS A CROSS OVER ARTIST BEFORE IT WAS COOL TO BE OR THE GOAL OF ARTIST AND SHE WASN’T EVEN TRYING TO BE. THE INTERNET HAS GIVEN TODAY’S ARTIST EXPOSURE THEY DIDN’T HAVE IN THE 90s SO KIM REALLY HAD TO PUT IN MAJOR WORK TO BE SO POPULAR WHICH IS WHY SHE STILL HAS APPEAL TODAY. NICKI’s HUSTLE IS CRAZY BUT KIM’S HAS NEVER STOP. I WISH THE 2 COULD CHILL AND DO A RECORD TOGETHER…..JENNY JONES!!!!

Nicky can say what she want to say, I have no comment on the matter. I’m not giving more than a “really”, a thought or nothing.

What I do know, you play around with that type ish, go to inviting such things, negative energy your way be prepared for what can happen… !! You right ” throw Holy water, change channel, cut off tv”. That stuff isn’t anything to play with. You see gaga started having nightmares, tripping….. where was she at last night ? In a SEAT ! Even people who do these type movies have bad experiences ! Just be careful & watch what you put in your head & say people !

EXACTLY! If she created the storyline behind this character, she is totally a basket case. Who cares about Roman! What does a made up character have to do with TALENT! Stop copying what has already been done dummy! Madonna and Lady Gaga has already bored people with their stage plays!

like what goes on here? COULD THE “CHRISTIANS” please stop passing judgement, making statements about religious supremacy, cursing in the same friggin statements you’re using these religious messages in, and TRYING

-8 Keisha_Mei_Ash Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 8:21 pm

like what goes on here? COULD THE “CHRISTIANS” please stop passing judgement, making statements about religious supremacy, cursing in the same friggin statements you’re using these religious messages in, and TRYING to speak on behalf of everyone else! that is all.

you are so freakin dumb i shouldn’t even respond… BUT I AM THOUGH….
lls… The Basis of Catholicism is a belief in JESUS CHRIST…. Which would make it a brach of Chirstianity… Instead of spending ur time reading this garbage you need to pick up a history book… smh at the stupidity of our ppl… Dont speak unless you are cdertain of what you are talking about…

-4 BITCH IN U Reply:February 14th, 2012 at 1:03 pm

HI!!!

READING IS FUNDAMENTAL

WHERE DID I TYPE IT’S NOT THE BELIEF IN JESUS CHRIST?

+49 Miss thing Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 7:13 pm

Nicki know she was wrong think about it when have u ever seen gaga Katy petty Rihanna anybody responding to people not liking their performance it comes with the territory no one ever likes u on stage y respond so heatedly now?

After listening to the interview it put things in perspective for me I understand now Nicki. This era however, is still up in the air for me but i will reserve further judgement until the new song is released

She has to eat humble pie…IDK where she was to NOT KNOW how powerful the Roman Catholic churches are…many believers sitting in the audience or watching … She’s only been around a few years and she keep phucking with them…her title will Nicki no more

I am so ashamed of that performance & as a proud Trinbagonian ( Trinidad & Tobago) I feel so bad. nicki jump on a plane and come back home for carnival this weekend. Relax and evaluate ur game plan, ur granny ready for u.

me too..and not just from this performance (because God dont play that ish) but also from the slick mess she threw at LilKim the past couple yrs..it was cute during the mixtape days and maybe even Roman’s revenge but after that it seemed like she was goin overboard

-9 yvonne Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 8:26 pm

Certain things u have to leave it to the white folks, madonna
is creative n calculated, she knew what she was doing same
the gaga, nicki looked dumb n stupid.

Seriously people shut the F*ck up about Nicki Minaj performance.
If she wanted to perform the song then sooo be it. Yall act like she
stole your first born or something. If you didnt like the damn
performance who f’n cares!

DANG NECOLE REALLY? MUST YOU AND YOUR STAFF POST EVERY INTERVIEW SHE DOES? DO YOU NOT HAVE OTHER OPTIONS OF TALENTED PEOPLE? IS NIKKI MINAJ FUNDING THIS SITE. I MEAN SHE IS GARBAGE AND RESORTS TO GIMMICKS TO STAY RELEVANT, YET YOU KEEP HER RELEVANT WITH YOUR CONSISTENT POSTS..THERE ARE PLENTY OF ARTIST AND WHEN I SAT ARTISTS I MEAN REAL ARTIST DOING INTERVIEWS AND HELPING OUT THE POOR DOING PHILANTHROOPY..YET YOU CONTINUE TO FEATURE HER..MY QUESTION IS WHY? ARE YOU THAT MUCH OF A FAN?

AND FOR THOSE WHO CONSISTENTLY SAY ..ITS HER BLOG..I KNOW THIS AND WE ARE READERS HELP HER KEEP THIS BLOG WITH HITS AND COMMENTS…

This is just an excuse, If this is her vision then I cant continue to be a fan and act like this bullshit music she
is delivering is ok because it’s not, when here album comes out and nobody buys it the bitch will give a 100% of fucks

The sadder part is that she is leaving no room dor empathy? If you don’t give a damn I certainly dont give a F$#% Nicki? You are not consistent, and every interview you do contradicts the last. It’s like now you on this blonde hair garbaj to try to get people use to the “marilyn monroe” image you are about to start promoting that image. She is delussional into thinking she’s brilliant???? EVERY SINGLE THING YOU’VE DONE SINCE YOUR RATHCED CONCEPTION HAS BEEN AN AWFUL RENDITION OF SOMEONE ELE’S WORK. Why dont you see if you can have an outta body experience and bungee of that diving board nose of yours and drown nicki! Luv you mean it!!!!

i don’t understand why she would portray an alter ego based on a Pedofiler. Roman zolanski was a Pedofiler who had a relationship with a 12 yrs old girl. But this somebody she wants to be and represent. Black ppl we really need to get it together and start worshipping and believing in God. This don’t make no sense!

+40 Jeniphyer-Patiently Waiting For The Put It In A Love Song Video Reply:February 13th, 2012 at 8:01 pm

she was trying to give it more in depth meaning ” roman isnt the average joe” and this whole be yourself routine, and frankly no one is buying what ur selling mami, I dont like the song, i didnt like the performance, i actually like the red hooded Versace, did it belong on the arms of the pope? no. and she knows that, the shock value is getting sad now, to think a few years ago she was rocking leggins with holes in them and rainbow jackets, now “shes staying true to herself” by making a fool of herself on national tv

since she give no f_cks, neither will I,

btw ppl saying she trying to be GAGA need to understand that if she did this she would get the same backlash BUT for Gaga it wouldnt be seen as a gimmick since she has actual TALENT, whereas in this case this looks like a desperate attempt for relevancy

If she didn’t give two flying F’s she wouldn’t need to give us an oral dissertation of her performance on Ryan’s show. She knows that if you’re a dope performer, you don’t have to explain shit.
I’m surprised SB didn’t dress up as the Pope.

She went on Ryan’s show because EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY IS TALKING ABOUT HER
and that’s EXACTLY what she wants. She DARED to do something that today’s
so-called hip -hop “artists” simply don’t have the balls or talent to do..
BE DIFFERENT ! With the exception of “Watch The Throne”, how many rap albums
can you honestly say colored outside the lines ? Minaj did that with her performance
and Christians are telling her that she’s going to hell ? Really ? Given the history
of the Catholic church and their behavior with little boys, if anyone DESERVES
to be mocked, it’s them ! Finally, so many of you need to quit being “religous”
and become more “spiritual”. Your lives would be a LOT happier.

Yea chick. You rolled the dice screwing around with the “pope getup”. Shoot white America frowned upon you. They’re taking that costume personal then to throw in a demonic scene. Damage control is needed asap and an apology

DEADDDD at this convo. At this point I’m so over her and kinda Kim. I’m ready for a real female emcee. Maybe I’ll give Kim another chance but I can’t believe Nicki got old THIS fast and she’s only at her Sophomore album!

This woman is a joke I was done with her last night sad because I do want to see her win and was happy to see a female rapper at the Grammy’s but Nicki is becoming way to gimmicky I think it does not work for her because it comes off as unnatural and trying to hard, I wish she would show more honesty as an artist. Lady Gaga is gimmicky yes but she shows her true side from time to time and it looks more natural.

that….MESS was a sin and shame what is going on with these “artist” if they had real talent they wouldnt have to do all this foolishness and odd shenanaging and wear ridiculous outfits to distract the fact that you really dont have TALENT!!! man if i could go back to the 90’s and STAY there i would..

The clock is ticking….I hope her time is up soon because her stuff gets more ridiculous by the minute. I could not believe what I was seeing on my television. She should’ve performed Stupid Hoe because that’s exactly what she looked like on stage.

Although I wasn’t a fan of the performance more so because of the theme I must say that it pushed the envelope making people talk. Remember, like in the 48 Laws of Power, it is better to be talked about then to not be talked about at all. In closing while most probably won’t understand what was going on her fans do and 9 times out of 10 they are the ones that will buy her albums so in the end she’s still giving her fans what they want. You won’t catch me buying her album though. LOL

It’s fun how Artist/Performers get offended once their “Fans” offer negative criticism. Nicki should respect their opinions no matter what they maybe because if they were singing her praises, she’d be patting yourself on the back. #ego

I’m a former fan. I still love Nicki because I know who she really is. I’ve been a fan since the Come Up DVD days so I’ve seen the true Nicki. I’ll still sing & listen to her old music but after the release of these last few songs I can’t support that. I will not do it. I cant support somebody’s who doesn’t care. She’s only worried about making her money. Fans that go hard for her even after this don’t get paid they are being used to keep her relevant. She don’t care about them. She aint sending you’ll no checks or buying ya’ll a car…lol God said don’t serve or put any other God’s before him.

Sadly, by the looks of last night she IS still the black lil wayne since he’s going off the deep end too. Uhmm… was he wearing pajamas last night? I can’t with either of them right now. I miss when Wayne was a rapper from New Orleans… not trying to me a skatboarder “bro” from SoCal. They both are spiraling down hill which makes me sad since I used to love them both.

I enjoyed it. I guess black people like supporting the whites like Madonna and Gaga.
So sad that black hate on their own people. I am glad nicki caters to white people b/c the
black race (black americans) are haters and ignorant.

Her performance was theatrical and called CREATIVE. I guess Gaga has to do it to make you buffoon appreciate the ARTS!

wow so she’s mad that M.I.A flipped the bird and her lack of respect for madonna but she doesn’t understand why people are mad because of her lack of respect for christianity ?? I dont get it this music industry is really crazy

THANK YOU! You wanna talk about respect for Madonna, (who will tell you to kiss her rich ass in a second, ask Britney Spears), but you don’t GAF about respecting people’s
religious beliefs?! Heaux, take a nap.

THANK YOU X2! Like people should know (ask Sinead O’Connor) you can do alot of disrespectful things and America will rock with you..but one thing you don’t toy with is RELIGION. Like don’t even test the waters with that. You will never win, and that is straight SUICIDE.

Sorry but, Catholicism is a branch of Christianity. So, a reference to Catholics IS a reference to Christianity. There are three branches (arguably four) of Christianity. In order of existence, the three primary divisions of Christianity are Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism. Please reference a history book.

This is the second time I’ve had to post this. We really need to do better; HISTORY and SOCIAL STUDIES are VERY important.

So much negative feedback. Geez. She works really hard and she just wanted to give her fans what they wanted. It’s not the only song on the album. People who have so much hate towards others should check their own lives first… especially if you are on here talking about how it offended your religious beliefs, and then in the own sentence you curse her out. Doesn’t seem too Godly to me to treat others that way.

I can only speak for myself. I have alot of love for my people. My comments aren’t based on likes or dislikes (favoritism) concerning celebs, my people, people in general, etc… I will admit that I like some of Nicki’s songs and collaborations. Many grew on me due to the repetitive rotation of music played on the airwaves. I don’t know Nicki personally to say whether I like or dislike her. Religion had nothing to do with me disliking her performance. I’ve honestly disliked Nicki’s gimmicky persona and attics from DAY ONE. It’s disturbing that many of our black artists desiring crossover appeal results to these wack ass attics (TEAM GAGA). I think Nicki and Lil Wayne need to go back to the drawing board because they’ve both gone into overkill with buffoonery.

Even if you threw out the performance part it was still trash because you sounded horrible! you were screaming while you were trying to sing and you sounded like you were out of breath..so stop it! no more excuses it was the WORST grammy performance EVER! you should not be invited back!

This is exactly what happens to people that get overly inflated egos and then surround themselves with “Yes” people. There is nobody to tell you that you looked an awful fool last nite for this performance. Whatever if the Grammy people asked her to do this song, that’s fine but there are only a handful of people that can and will continue to get away with these types of antics/performances and she is not one of them. There is a difference between putting on a show for your peers and millions of viewers who might not be fans versus giving a fan their money’s worth that paid for a concert ticket. She chose the “concert” route last nite…therfore, it went completely wrong.

*Yawn* The only thing lamer than contrived controversy is an unsuccessful attempt at contrived controversy. Nicki’s is the latter. The “blaspheme Catholicism” bit has been done better by Madonna, more poignantly by Sinead O’ Connor, and more disturbingly dark by Marilyn Manson.
Perhaps the kids who are too young to know about these aforementioned references that think she went “outside the box” are too oblivious to know she’s fitting quite comfortably in it.
Either way with all that “shock and awe” she was going for, the only thing genuinely frightening was that haphazard ass lacefront. Her performance came off forced and manic, it was not as memorable and career affirming as she hoped it to be, at this point her attempts at notoriety becoming embarrassing to watch.

This is hilarious because as I’m reading it looks as if she put a substantial amount of thought into the concept. Just imagine if she actually put that much thought into HER LYRICS. She is a puppet. To sit there and say that the Grammys chose Roman Holiday because the song was so great is a damn lie. They chose the song because it’s full of enough coonery and buffoonery to get the people talking like we are now. The Grammys set her up, Laurieann Gibson set her up, and Nicki herself is setting herself up for failure. She keeps emphasizing that she’s doing this for the Roman Empire and the Barbz, but the Barbz are not the only people that keep her career afloat. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE. If celebrity stans love for their artists was the only thing that made them successful then Lil Kim would’ve been performing at the Grammys lol. All in all I need her to take several seats…AT ONCE. Go back to the Nicki that was on the plane with Dwayne. That’ll make everyone happy.

Every single song Nicki puts out her haters chase behind it calling it wackk, stupid etc. Don’t you expect the haters to do their job? Even if she had done a safe pop song or sang Hail Mary they would still come at her. They just doing their job. Good job haters, now go watch RH go straight to #1 on iTunes

after watching her performance, the devil is truly inside of her. she sacrificed her dignity just to be a well-known idiot. keep this up, and she’ll be in hell sitting next to whitney houston’s junkie ass.

This is hilarious because as I’m reading it looks as if she put a substantial amount of thought into the concept. Just imagine if she actually put that much thought into HER LYRICS. She is a puppet. To sit there and say that the Grammys chose Roman Holiday because the song was so great is a damn lie. They chose the song because it’s full of enough coonery and buffoonery to get the people talking like we are now. The Grammys set her up, Laurieann Gibson set her up, and Nicki herself is setting herself up for failure.

Nicki MInaj face it, you want to be Lady Gaga. But the ONLY problem with that is THERE IS ALREADY a Lady Gaga. I would respect her more if she came out this way. But, No she came out rocking a flatiron with pink weave underneath and dressing provocatively sexy. Now she’s just turning into a clown. I loved Nicki when she first came out but I think she’s letting the fame get to her head. She’s damn near 30 talking about “Roman”, Barbz, and Kenz. Her fanbase is primarily girls 20 and younger. How long do you think the “gimmick” will last? Don’t worry I’ll wait…… I’m sure she lost 50% of her fanbase last night by doing way too much. Will the real female MC’s please stand up? And I’m not even gonna get on the mess that is Lil Wayne. He’s the biggest sellout there is. And now he’s just picks up a mic and says any effing thing. I’m so done with those 2. And if that is who she’s molding herself after she better think again. Sophmore jinx anyone?

THIS IS A SAD SITUATION, NICKY IS TAKING THE WRONG ADVICE FROM THE WRONG PEOPLE ON HER TEAM SHE NEEDS TO FIRE ALL OF THEM AND HIRE A NEW TEAM OF EXECUTIVES WHO AREN’T COLLEGE KIDS OR PULL THAT SHIT OUT OF YOUR HEART AND QUIT BEING SO DAMN FAKE!! WHAT IF ALL HER EARLY SUCCESS FAKE? WHAT IF SHE HAD SOMEONE GHOST WRITING FOR HER SINCE DAY ONE?? B/C SHE WAS DOPE EARLIER IN HER CAREER NOW IDK IF SHE JUST LAZY OR MILLIN VANILLI OF RAP…OR SHE DROPPED HER WRITER?? HOW CAN SOMEONE BE SO WACK LIKE THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU SHOULD BE GETTING BETTER BEING AROUND ALL THESE SO CALLED GENIUS RAPPERS NOT WORSE…

Nicki Minaj’s time is running out and she knows it. I remember in 2008(i believe) – 2011 You couldn’t go anywhere without seeing her, or hearing her music. Now it’s like she’s non-existent(until I come to this website and Necole has posts about her). Nicki lost that drive she had, and her music is weak. Which is her cd got pushed back.. Honestly if this CD were to actually come out tomorrow what has she done for people to actually want it. She’s losing her fan base and she knows it . This was her final gimmick and this put her even further back.

Enjoyed it, very entertaining, kept you wondering what would happen next.
It could have provided a better narrative, since it look’d like it started with one. It basically gave snippets for the fans, but if you’re not familiar with the gay boy, “Roman”, things wouldn’t spell out for you.
At the end of the day it was a way to get buzz going for her new album.

As far as the religion aspect, most people don’t even know if and what aspect religion played in the performance(purpose). They just know its mentioned and because its a secular artist they don’t like it.

This chic looks demonic now./.. This alter ego shyt has went to far. She so deep in her own bullshyt she cant see she commiting career suicide! I use to like her but Im good .. Roman bs.. are you serious. Music is suppose to be art and positive WTF is that! .. Now she mad cause she didnt get a good response.. this was not entertainment at all! ! Grammys need they ass whopped for allowing this .

” I could have chosen to do a no-brainer pop song, but I can’t do it anymore. I have to stay true to what I’m doing.”
Umm which is what exactly? Nicki kills me trying to act all deep. Honey that song and performance was trash and you’re a MESS.

Listen everyone Im a Christian and God is love.. Yes it was not a performance that should not have happened. God will not be mocked… so let God deal with Nicki… Pray for her dont show hate… God still loves nicki we all have sinned but God forgave me and others. Im sure God is not pleased at all but God loves everyone even nicki so please.. If you are a christian act as one. Show love not hate pray for her and keep it movin…… #GodIsLove

I’m confused by the write up for this article ” people who are not familiar with Roman” are you saying you expected this nonsense last night? It’s okay for a 30 year old to have different personalities walking around without medical supervision and on op of that people pay her to see them?

I am not a Nikki fan or stan or whatever, but I must say she has one hellavuh imagination and that my friends is entrainment . I think that anytime you get over 28 million views on you tube for stupid h*e, YOUR DOING SOMETHING RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! chile please most of us including me couldnt manage to get 1000 views on a video so go on Nikki, get that money because she is about to have the longest 15 minutes of fame we have ever seen. im not mad, it could be worse.

I’m confused by the write up for this article ” people who are not familiar with Roman” are you saying you expected this nonsense last night? It’s okay for a 30 year old to have different personalities walking around without medical supervision and on top of that people pay her to see it.

I don’t understand how people is okay with this. I don’t play when it comes to my god. The world s coming to a end faster then we think we need to get right with god and stop worry about making money anyway we can cause you can’t get in heaven with money…..

just on here to co-sign with everyone else. Not only was the performance sacrilegious but it was also SUPER WHACK. The song is whack. The concept was whack. Yeah folk are talking but not in a good way. What happened to rappers thanking God and getting off the stage? You make Black people look bad with that mess. STOP IT. All these characters and costumes? Nah son. That was WHACKKKKKKKK!!!! Nicki you don’t care now but you will when it impacts your bank roll. Think I’m going to start a petition on Change.org to get you banned. I need a Big Dose of Lauryn Hill/ Bahamadia/ Mary Mary antidote right now.

The arrival on the red carpet puzzled me but when I saw the performance, I said, she is a true artist. The girl stayed in character throughout the whole show. I absolutely loved the performance. Everyone is up in arms about religion (or the parts they use to bash people) but what religious person has earned the right to judge? Practice what you all preach you damn hypocrites.

My thing is, what about this performance was offensive to religion? She was not playing God or a Nun or making a satire so I’m confused as to how is she playing with God. Haven’t we all seen The Exorcist? She just stole that movie and made a one act play as her performance. ..she is a true artist in that fact. She created her vision. But I do not see how this was blasphemous. Maybe it is because she’s rapping?…idk the priest was a character. Nicki was Roman. Where is she disrespecting Catholics?

why are we surprised?we all no Nicki is very extra in all her interviews…*rolls eyes*

&to the people saying “at the end of they saying she’s making more $$than u” or “she still making money” um of course,im sure we all are aware she is making millions,DUH.why remind us?&what does her making that much money have to do with us having opinions?making alot of money is not an excuse to put out wack music&horrible performances,,i dont give a fuck how much she was paid.
Drake makes around the same as her(hopefully more)&he is 100% in his music&delivers well,same with Wayne.i just had to let that out…

She’s so wack at this ponit! She is nothing but a gimmick. REAL singers don’t need gimmicks or attention whoring publicity stunts. Singers like Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and others didn’t need gimmicks because their voice and talent stood for itself. This new breed of celebrity is laughable.

I was offended by her performance because im catholic.
I like nicki songs but the song was horrible maybe it will
Grow on me. I doubt it. Also y’all have to understand just because
Y’all don’t like her doesn’t mean she is done. She has a good
Fan base. You can hate nicki all you want but she’s not going anywhere.

She is lying through her teeth during that whole interview. Nothing she says is honest and I have a hard time believing Grammy came to the studio and said they love “Roman Holiday” because it had substance. Then that whole I wasn’t planning to walk the red carpet is an obvious lie too. That’s why she had the Pope figure with her, for obvious shock value. Like Kim said a year ago, do not let this girl fool you, she knows what she is doing, playing dumb and victim, when she is not.

This was simply not a good performance because it was a song we don’t know…and couldn’t understand…especially under the heavy dance scene and the religious characters, it was just all too much to digest, we should have been hearing this song in heavy rotation to really appreciate this performance

At the end of the day…she got your attention …either you liked it or not…she makin money…you mofos talked about gaga when she came that meat/beef outfit..
Good or bad publicity is still publicity….get over it..

So let me get this straight she doesn’t want to offend Madonna but she could careless about offending the Catholic church? Obviously Wow what is our world coming to. Stop putting these celebrities on a pedestal.

So let me get this straight she doesn’t want to offend Madonna but she could careless about offending the Catholic church? Obviously Wow what is our world coming to. Stop putting these celebrities on a pedestal. Maybe if she would concentrate on making good music instead of trying to diss kim all the time ppl wouldn’t be critiziing her so much.

Ok maybe it’s me but I thought she was a HIP HOP artist. So why in the hell is she talking about doing a no-brainer pop song? If she was truly about Hip Hop she would not be making these kind of songs.

I am not going to sit here and pretend this performance was a flop
It was truly entertaining and very creative
She had a synopsis for a skit
Created it with props and costume
And entertain the audience

I am actually really surprised and disappointed that Nicki would do such a thing to take religious imagery like that and serve it up as a fast food performance.

This would not happen for Islam – can you imagine her trying to do it about the Prophet Muhammad? It would not happen because Muslims, to their credit, do not let anyone take the piss out of their religious beliefs.

The Catholic League is right to be angry. I am Catholic too and I actually liked some of Nicki’s early stuff but she has definitely lost a fan here.

She is playing on the devils battlefield now. She is on dangerous territory because in her performance she basically said that her demon Roman was more powerful then God and what is further more disturbing is this Roman character is male.

REALLY??? She wasn’t mocking any religion…..it was a PERFORMANCE!!!! If anything, she was making fun of the movie, The Exorcist…And Do you think she really gives a f*ck about what anyone has to say?? She’s making millions, she dont care what people think…before or after the performance, she’s gonna continue to do her. I’ll admit, I didnt really care for the performance or the song either, but people are making into such a big deal. Artists do crazy sh*t in their performances all the time….doesnt make them bad people. She’s an ENTERTAINER…that’s what entertainers do…GET OVER IT!!! #TeamNicki

Why doesn’t Madonna just bend over and let Nicki kiss her white ass? Like is Madonna paying Nicki’s bills or something? MIA is a bad ass, I love her for stealing the spot light.

And the entertainment industry is trying to PUSH Nicki upon us. Their doing everything in their power to keep this girl relevant and the public just isn’t buying it. Aint nobody checking for Nicki and her foolery. The thing that kills me is that Nicki is not this weird artist that she’s trying to make herself out to me. She’s just pushing this image that her and her team have cooked up, this Roman character. I feel like the whole “alter ego” craze is just played out.

Artist like Nicki are start out moderately normal, then when they get a little shine the start with the gimmick shit to stay in the spot light as long as possible. It’s sad. Nicki, your light has burned out love.

I really do hope that her european and asian fans are non catholic or religious. I lost respect for this woman, not that i had any for her in the first place since i did not follow her mix tape days, when she appeared to me to be perving on kids, and when she used nappy headed hoes and nigger in such a distasteful manner. I could care less if her audience is white, they can have her and make her.

Here is the thing, Madonna did crazy things, but she was not crazy. Has she even listened to Madonna’s music or was she just focusing on Madonna’s crazy antics? Ok, i’m done, but that interview is crazy.

So I’ve sat up and read these comments and many of them are flawed. To those who said Catholicism predates Christianity, you’re absolutely wrong. Catholicism, the first form of CHRISTIANITY, was founded by Jesus Christ around 107 A.D. You know, A.D.-Anno Domini- which means “in the year of our Lord”? Catholicism’s history is quite twisted and flawed as well. So for those of you defending it, maybe you should actually read up on it. As for Nicki, I didn’t care for the performance, but I like her. (Don’t lie. You know all her songs too.) Any time ANY Black artist can have a moment to shine in a world where white is seen as right, then I’m going to support them. It was an act. Hell, she didn’t crawl out the T.V. and try to exorcise YOU, did she?

Some of these posts are funny as hell! I just don’t get this girl. I know that she is going for something, I have no clue what it is, but now its just stupid. Nicki is pop music, so she needs to first embrace that. M.I.A. has always been a little edgy, why are we surprised about the middle finger. Madonna did WAYYYYYY more in her career to have her banned in many countries, so she is a hypocrite. I am not sure why Nicki has so many alter egos, or why she feels the need to explain them. When did this Roman thing become about the church? Wasn’t it just an alter ego? Does she even know about the Catholic Church and the heresy behind her stupid antics? Does she know about the history of the Roman Empire? I keep saying that she got a few more alter egos up her sleeve. I said it once and I will say it again, I am waiting for Joan of Arc, Harriet Tubman and Ike Turner to come out. She already said she was the Queen of England, Marilyn Monroe and now this Roman and Barbie crap. That is all I have to say.

Well I juss heard her new song starship and at least its a bit betta then the mess dat she put out recently. The song felt like a Ke$ha song and so generic like the other pop songs. Nicki I’ma need u to hang it up flatscreen becuz lately ur becoming to comfortable and you only had one album out. Also its not cool to throw ur fans under the bus cuz I guarantee u. U would b right back in them south Jamaica queens projects sittin on the dem dirty steps again.

AMBER ALERT***** All past female rapper your TIME IS NOW!!! They better jump on the opportunity while Nick is making a plum fool out of her self…this is the perfect time for Eve, Kim, Trina, Missy hell even Lil Mama to drop a hot track! They better figure something out!

yuck!!!!!! i wish they would have puleed her performance and used that time for a whitnet tribute. i never watch the grammys ever but i only tuned in this year to watch j hud and adele all the other performances were a bore

Religion is an institutions that should be mocked. They are hypocritical, MAN MADE institutions constructed predominantly to control people, particularly wounded, hurt people and continue and promote white male supremacy. they are hateful, simple, and encourage people to not think, analysed or discuss, just to follow and believe ludicrous bullshit. wake up. i mean really, people are offended that she mocked a religion that rapes boys and hides boy rapists. I find that about 100 times more offensive than her ART. When religious become people serving rather than SELF serving, maybe i’d care about the respect level. maybe.

oh and thank god (pun intended) that she actually gives creative thought to her performances and doesn’t just stand there screaming into a mic sounding stupid. so so great to see a variety of styles in the rap genre. get off her d*ck and salute!

UM SORRY….I DONT CARE FOR HER MUSIC….SHE IS MANUFACTURED TO ME….AND TO DO SOMETHING SO UGLY LIKE THAT IS PREDICTABLE FOR SOMEONE OF HER POSITION. SHE HAS TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT B/C SHE HAS NO TALENT. YEA SHE IS NOT A “TYPICAL” FEMALE RAPPER BUT SHE IS A LAME FEMALE RAPPER.

AND FOR SOMEONE TO SAY THEY DON’T LIKE LIL KIM SHE SURE AS HELL FOLLOW HER FOOTSTEPS…YOU CAN BEAT AROUND THE BUSH IF YOU’D LIKE BUT….KIM HAS DONE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME TYPE OF CRAP SHE IS DOING…..SO ACUTAULLY SHE IS THE SAME AS ALL OTHER FEMALE RAPPERS OTHER THAN MISSY ELLIOTT. WHO IS BY FAR ONE OF THE GREATEST FEMALE EMCEES OF ALL TIME. NEVER SAW MC LYTE HAVE TO DO THAT ISH, WHAT ABOUT QUEEN LATIFIAH, OR SALT N PEPPA…..SHE IS DONE..YALL CAN BOAST HER UP BUT THATS ONLY B/C UR FOLLOWERS OF UGLINESS. AND ALL THAT SHE STANDS FOR IS UGLY….

Remember Janet Jackson’s performance…by the way people ridiculed her you would think she hauled up stage and ripped her bra off…..

They don’t say sh*t about Justin being the one who actually caused the “Malfunction”…

Not to mention that Madona and Nicki are complete bird brained b*tches….It takes some kind of person for Michael Jackson to refer to them as a “Nasty Witch”…How are you only one letter away from MJ calling you a b*tch?

Both of them are Hypocrites…the funny thing was its just a middle finger…by comparison to Nicki’s grammy performance it was nothing at all….

OMG..I Can’t take Nicki any more.. i use to get goosebumps from some of her lyrics..now..she is a straight CLOWN ..F* the barbie persona.. Her new CD (whenever that is due to drop..lets hope NEVER) will be garbage if it features the tracks stupid hoe and roman holiday..just smgdh ….Im sooooo pissed off i compromised my sleep to stay up until the very end of the grammys for this foolery!

your a corn ball Nikki please go somewhere FAR FAR AWAY and take Kim Kardasian with you!!!! NO ONE UNDERSTOOD A WORD YOU SAID AND NO ONE REALLY WANTS TO HEAR IT ANY MORE ITS GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 LIL KIM PLEASE END HER CAREER ALREADY…………

This young lady is soooo far gone. She will need God, Jesus, Mary (mother of God), and Holy water to save her… oops I forget she mess that up. I don’t know why on Earth these African American artists think that crossover means losing your respect or buffoonery. There are so many other routes that could have giving her an over-the-top performance without these mess.

lol i saw somewhere online that the black community wants to trade Nicki for Adele, dead!! but yeah the performance was too much, and the whole ‘i’m done with no-brainer pop’ comment cracked me up because didn’t she just release a new pop song today?

What about the producers of the Grammys approving this performance and allowing it to be aired for such a mass audience?! Do they not take any responsibility for choosing a night that is supposed to be a celebration of music to play the “religion” card and offend people who just want to enjoy a night of great music, awards and remembering our fallen stars? Very disappointed. If the Grammys have such disregard, then what hope do we have for other mass media productions on basic cable?

She posts things like this because all of you are going to comment and read it. Simple as that.
As for people screaming they are Christians and using the B word and I hate you in the same paragraph? Seriously??? What church do you belong to that practices that type of behavior?
NO I did not like her performance, no I am not a fan but some of you are acting ridiculous yourselves and stopping below the level of decency.

Great job Nicki. The purpose of your performance was to get people talking, that you did. I went to catholic school for 12 years, and I can care less. You didnt offend me at all. I liked the stage, however the song was a poor choice.

Me personally, I didn’t care for her performance….it was mainly the song i thought was garbage…my issue with her is how she addresses her fans…a true fan is not going to co-sign everything you do, now with twitter they are able to voice how they feel….with Nicki everytime her fans or ppl don’t like her ish…she do these bullshit rants….the same ppl u callin hoes and bitches and tellin them you don’t give a f*ck, r the same ones buying your cds and concert tickets…..this chick need some serious humble pie….

OK PEOPLE STARTING TO REALIZE THIS HALF AZZ ATTEMPT TO TRY AND PAINT YOUR SELF AS THE VICTIM TO BIG HYPOCRITCAL CHURCH PEOPLE BOOO FUKKKIN HOOO EVERYBODY KNOW IFYOU WANNA CREATE PUBLICITY AND OUTRAGE FUKKKKK WITH THE CHURCH PEOPLE ARE SURE TO GET MAD!!!! BUT THIS TIME NIKKI EPIC FAIL EVEN ATHIEST SEE THE PROPAGANDA IN THIS PEOPLE SICK OF PUBLICITY AND A PAGE FROM MADONNA BOOK BEING THE TRICK FROM THE RABBIT HATS TRY SOME ACTUALLY TALENT THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY WORK BUT PEOPLE SEE THROUGH THIS O I WAS BEING CREATIVE AND GOT SHUT UP BY THE BIG BAD RELIGUOUS PEOPLE …. AND TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY IT TIME YOU STOP LETTING NIKKI AND LADY GAGA EXPLOIT YALL ISSUES FOR THE SAKE OF SHOCK VALUE AND FAME THEY DONT’ GIVE 2 SHHYYYT ABOUT THAT THEY JUST KNOW YALL SOME DIE HARD SUPPORTERS AND YOU SPEND MONEY. AT THIS POINT YALL INTELLIGENCE SHOULD BE SEVERELY INSULTED.

the catholic church is not a branch its the tree all the other forms of Christianity came from ex Catholics the first split came in 1057 the eastern churches left the catholic church and form the Greek orthodox church that’s a fact so you better believe that when they disrespect the catholic church they are disrespecting all Christians if you knew the symbolism that are used in the catholic church you would know why its disrespect you can see the fake pope with Niki mocking the holy trinity by putting the three fingers up that you see on Jesus and Mary pictures and statues those three finger stand for God the creator the eternal father, God the son Jesus Christ and God the holy spirit the holy three in one God tell me what does that have to do with her performance and her music ?

nicki you are a hypocrite you talk about ya pussy in every song should i point wat songs?? i mean really just say yeah i did so what? you talk about you wana influence little girls how? by having you wiggling dildos in concerts?? smh

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